"November 4, 1954. An American production of the revised play opened on Broadway on December 5, 1955 with Ruth Gordon as Dolly and had a far more successful run of 486 performances, followed by a motion picture version starring Shirley Booth as Dolly. ""The Matchmaker"" later served as the basis for Jerry Herman's 1964 musical hit ""Hello, Dolly!"", running for 2,844 performances. The Merchant of Yonkers The Merchant of Yonkers is a 1938 play by Thornton Wilder. ""The Merchant of Yonkers"" had its origins in an 1835 one-act farce by the English dramatist John Oxenford. Oxenford's work, ""A Day Well"
"The Matchmaker The Matchmaker is a 1954 play by Thornton Wilder, a rewritten version of his 1938 play ""The Merchant of Yonkers"". The play has a long and colorful history. John Oxenford's 1835 one-act farce ""A Day Well Spent"" had been extended into a full-length play entitled ""Einen Jux will er sich machen"" by Austrian playwright Johann Nestroy in 1842. In 1938, Wilder adapted Nestroy's version into an Americanized comedy entitled ""The Merchant of Yonkers"", which attracted the attention of German director Max Reinhardt, who mounted a Broadway production, which ran for 39 performances. Fifteen years later, director Tyrone Guthrie"
"expressed interest in a new production of the play, which Wilder extensively rewrote and rechristened ""The Matchmaker"". The most significant change was the expansion of a previously minor character named Dolly Gallagher Levi, who became the play's centerpiece. A widow who brokers marriages and other transactions in Yonkers, New York at the turn of the 20th century, she sets her sights on local merchant Horace Vandergelder, who has hired her to find him a wife. After a series of slapstick situations involving mistaken identities, secret rendezvous behind carefully placed screens, separated lovers, and a trip to night court, everyone finds"
"themselves paired with a perfect match. The play was a success at the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland and at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in London's West End before finally opening on Broadway on December 5, 1955, at the Royale Theatre, later transferring to the Booth to complete its run of 486 performances. Ruth Gordon's performance in the title role earned her a Tony Award nomination as Best Actress; Guthrie won as Best Director. The characters and original cast of ""The Matchmaker"" are recorded at the Internet Broadway Database. The 1958 film version, adapted by John Michael Hayes and directed by"
"women and dancing towards the door. Before going, they leave the two women a note confessing who they really are and that they love them. The next day, Dolly and Cornelius pretend to be setting up a store of their own across the street from Mr. Vandergelders. Frightened by the competition, Horace gives the shopkeepers better working hours and wages. Realizing how foolishly he's been acting, he agrees to marry Dolly as well. The Broadway musical ""Hello Dolly!"" starring Carol Channing and movie of the same name with Barbra Streisand and Walter Matthau were both based upon Wilder's play. The"
"Time (musical) Time is a musical with a book and lyrics by Dave Clark and David Soames, music by Jeff Daniels, and additional songs by David Pomeranz. Derived from the 1970s musical ""The Time Lord"" by Soames and Daniels, it focuses on contemporary rock musician Chris Wilder, who has been transported with his backup singers and band from a concert to the High Court of the Universe in the Andromeda Galaxy. In light of mankind's strides in space exploration, the Time Lord Melchisedic (loosely based on the title character in the BBC science fiction series ""Doctor Who"") has decided the"
"Posner). The musical received a total of thirteen Drama Desk Award nominations, including Best Actor Musical (Brian D'Arcy James), Best Actress Musical (Julia Murney), and Featured Actress Musical (Alix Korey and Idina Menzel). The Andrew Lippa and Michael John LaChiusa versions of ""The Wild Party"" are markedly different in their storylines. In Lippa's version, the plot is tightly focused on the central love triangle of Joseph Moncure March's original poem, and the cast is much smaller. Many of the characters in LaChiusa's version do not appear in Lippa's version at all, or have much smaller roles (notably Dolores, who in"
"Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his role in ""The Fix"". The musical was also nominated for Olivier Awards for Best New Musical, Best Actor in a Musical (for Barrowman), and Best Lighting Designer (for Howard Harrison). Colin Welford conducted the production. ""The Fix"" was produced by the Signature Theatre, Arlington, Virginia, in August to September 2015, directed by Eric D. Schaeffer. The musical made its US premiere at the Signature Theatre in 1998. A new production opened on 13 July 2016, at the Union Theatre in London. Starring Fra Fee as Cal Chandler, Lucy Williamson as"
"it, though, are the philosophical speeches from The Time Lord who sounds like Captain Highliner after transcendental meditation. If vinyl ever deserved to be melted..."" Time (musical) Time is a musical with a book and lyrics by Dave Clark and David Soames, music by Jeff Daniels, and additional songs by David Pomeranz. Derived from the 1970s musical ""The Time Lord"" by Soames and Daniels, it focuses on contemporary rock musician Chris Wilder, who has been transported with his backup singers and band from a concert to the High Court of the Universe in the Andromeda Galaxy. In light of mankind's"
"adaptation of Roald Dahl's novel ""The Witches"". She died in July 1997, a month after her 90th birthday. Rosamund Greenwood Rosamund Mary Greenwood (1907–1997) was a British actress who was active on screen from 1935 until 1990. After training at London's Central School, she was on stage from the late 1920s. Her theatre work included starring in the original West End and Broadway productions of Thornton Wilder's ""The Matchmaker"" in 1954-1957. In a career stretching 60 years, Greenwood's screen work included ""The Prince and the Showgirl"", ""Night of the Demon"", ""Upstairs, Downstairs"", ""Angels"", ""Crown Court"", and ""A Perfect Spy"". Her"
"the Horace role in the original production of ""The Matchmaker""), Johnny Beecher as Barnaby, Garrett Lewis as Cornelius, Mark Alden as Ambrose Kemper, and Marilynn Lovell as Irene Molloy. Dora Bryan replaced Martin during the run. The show has been revived four times on Broadway: In the West End the show has been revived three times: In 1989, there was a UK tour of the show directed and choreographed by Paul Kerryson, starring Dora Bryan. Kerryson went on to direct the show again in 2014 at the Curve Theatre in Leicester UK, starring Janie Dee. On January 19, 2016, it"
"by the three rebellious older daughters, is just one of the fabulous musical numbers in this show"". Star Tribune describes it as ""wistful"". MostMetro said the song was ""fun, graceful [and] typifies their close-knit sisterhood"". Matchmaker, Matchmaker ""Matchmaker, Matchmaker"" is a song from the musical ""Fiddler on the Roof"". BlueGobo explains ""The sisters (including Bette Midler) s[a]ng ""Matchmaker, Matchmaker"" on the 1968 Tonys as part of a tribute to past Best Musical winners that were still running at the time."" Tevye and Golde's daughters sing about a matchmaker choosing a partner for them. They are satirising the issue, and mock"
"The Matchgirls The Matchgirls is a musical by Bill Owen and Tony Russell about the London matchgirls strike of 1888. It premiered at the Globe Theatre, London, on 1 March 1966, directed and choreographed by Gillian Lynne. The musical focuses on the lifestyle of the match cutters at the Bryant and May factory in Bow, London, with strong references to the condition Phossy Jaw and the political climate of the era. With much of the action set in the incongruously named, but fictional, 'Hope Court', the musical portrays Bryant and May as callous and uncaring employers, with factory foreman 'Mr"
"panel that the discussion had ""affected my thinking of the show. My head is spinning."" In 2011, the musical was workshopped at Vassar's Powerhouse Theater with a multi-ethnic cast (also directed by Kaufman). With Nikki Castillo, Bobby Steggert, Charlayne Woodard, Kimiko Glenn, Eisa Davis, Jonathan Hammond, Corbin Reid, Aaron Serotsky, Steve Gunderson, Matthew Patrick Davis, Chelsea Diggs-Smith and Zach Martens. Performance Dates: July 10 – August 5, 2012, Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre The Nightingale casting controversy In 2012, the La Jolla Playhouse generated nationwide controversy for the casting of a musical adaptation of a Hans Christian Andersen story ""The"
"pre-Broadway tryout at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, the musical began its Broadway engagement at the Broadhurst Theatre in March 2016. The Broadway iteration was nominated for two Drama League Awards, and three Outer Critics Circle Awards, including Outstanding Musical for both. The book and the musical version tell the story of Winnie Foster, a 11-year old who stumbles upon a family that has discovered the secret to immortality. Andrew Keenan-Bolger and Sarah Charles Lewis star as Jesse Tuck and Winnie Foster, respectively. The artistic team is led by director-choreographer Casey Nicholaw, with music and lyrics by Chris Miller and"
"late Garry Marshall and was attended by his family and original Vivian Julia Roberts. A seat in the Nederlander Theatre was dedicated in his honor. The musical broke the Nederlander Theatre box office record for an eight-performance week before its official opening August 16 with a gross of $1,142,989 (83.72% percent of its potential). The musical has a book by Garry Marshall and J. F. Lawton, with direction and choreography by Jerry Mitchell, set design by David Rockwell, costume design by Gregg Barnes, and lighting design by Kenneth Posner and Philip S. Rosenberg. It was announced on December 13, 2018"
"not accepted as a nominee. The local matchmaker (shadchan), Reb Kalman arranges a match for the daughter of a wealthy client, Reb Pinchas. The daughter is already romantically linked with her French teacher, Max. He arranges to show up in Kuni Lemel's place, disguised as Kuni Lemel, so he can marry Ganor. Confusion ensues as both Max and Kuni Lemel show up to court Ganor. The Flying Matchmaker The Flying Matchmaker (also: ""Two Kuni Lemel"", ""Shnei Kuni Leml"" or שני קוני למל) is a 1966 Israeli film musical directed by Israel Becker. The story is based on the 1880 Yiddish"
"musical in 2005 in two productions, one by Moon Troupe and the other one by Flower Troupe. In 1963, Erik Chisholm composed an opera from the play, using Wilde's text as the libretto. In 1964, Gerd Natschinski composed the musical ""Mein Freund Bunbury"" based on the play, 1964 premiered at Metropol Theater Berlin. According to a study by Robert Tanitch, by 2002 there had been least eight adaptations of the play as a musical, though ""never with conspicuous success"". The earliest such version was a 1927 American show entitled ""Oh Earnest"". The journalist Mark Bostridge comments, ""The libretto of a"
"Dream Lover: The Bobby Darin Musical Dream Lover: The Bobby Darin Musical is a jukebox musical based on an original concept and stage play by Frank Howson and John-Michael Howson, adapted for the stage by Frank Howson with Simon Phillips and Carolyn Burns. The musical reveals the extraordinary story of legendary singer, songwriter and actor Bobby Darin. The original production played at the Sydney Lyric Theatre from September to November 2016. It featured David Campbell as Bobby Darin, Caroline O'Connor as Polly / Mary Douvan, Hannah Fredericksen as Sandra Dee, Bert LaBonte as Charlie, Martin Crewes as Steve Blauner, Marney"
"Tony Llewellyn-Jones as Colonel Pickering, Deidre Rubenstein as Mrs. Pearce, and David Whitney as Karpathy (later Glen Hogstrom). According to Geoffrey Block, ""Opening night critics immediately recognized that ""My Fair Lady"" fully measured up to the Rodgers and Hammerstein model of an integrated musical...Robert Coleman...wrote 'The Lerner-Loewe songs are not only delightful, they advance the action as well. They are ever so much more than interpolations, or interruptions.'"" The musical opened to ""unanimously glowing reviews, one of which said 'Don't bother reading this review now. You'd better sit right down and send for those tickets...' Critics praised the thoughtful use"
"Showtime released a movie musical adaptation of the show, following the same plot and songs, and starring Kristen Bell as Mary, Christian Campbell as Jimmy, Ana Gasteyer as Mae, Steven Weber as Jack, Amy Spanger as Sally, John Kassir as Ralph, with Alan Cumming as The Lecturer and Neve Campbell as Miss Poppy. Reefer Madness (musical) Reefer Madness is a musical satire of the 1936 cult classic ""Reefer Madness"" that opened in Los Angeles in 1998. The book and lyrics were written by Kevin Murphy and the book and music by Dan Studney. Directed by Andy Fickman, it was initially"
"Matchmaker, Matchmaker ""Matchmaker, Matchmaker"" is a song from the musical ""Fiddler on the Roof"". BlueGobo explains ""The sisters (including Bette Midler) s[a]ng ""Matchmaker, Matchmaker"" on the 1968 Tonys as part of a tribute to past Best Musical winners that were still running at the time."" Tevye and Golde's daughters sing about a matchmaker choosing a partner for them. They are satirising the issue, and mock Yente. Sermons From Seattle explains ""The story [of Fiddler] is that the matchmaker is to meet with the mother and father and match their three daughters to prospective husbands. But the girls want to choose"
"as Paula Pokrifki. A new version of the musical will make its premiere at Curve in Leicester, England in April 2018 before touring the UK. It will be directed by Nikolai Foster and use songs from the film's soundtrack such as ""Up Where We Belong"", ""Girls Just Want to Have Fun"", ""Toy Soldiers"", ""Alone"", ""Don't Cry Outloud"" and ""Material Girl"", opposed to the musical's original score by Hirsch and Lerner. The Sydney production received mixed reviews. In response to a highly negative review in ""The Australian"", calling the show a ""bloodless facsimile"" of the film, author Stewart published a rebuttal"
"Showstopper! The Improvised Musical Showstopper! The Improvised Musical is an improvised comedy, musical theatre show founded in London in 2008. It has toured the UK extensively, usually sells out at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe every year, had its own BBC Radio 4 series in 2011 and a performed a 10-week run in London's West End in 2015, for which it won an Olivier Award. The objective of the show is to improvise a musical based on suggestions from the audience. The audience provides the show setting, title and several musicals or musical theatre composers whose styles are then pastiched in"
"benefit concert for Anaheim, California's the Chance Theatre with fellow ""Wicked"" alum Eden Espinosa and with ""Spring Awakening"" alum Lea Michele for the Broadway Chance Style: Up Close and Personal concert. She appeared as Trixie Norton in a new musical ""The Honeymooners"", based on the television comedy ""The Honeymooners"". The musical premiered at the Paper Mill Playhouse, Milburn, New Jersey on September 28, 2017, running to October 29. Directed by John Rando the musical also starred Michael McGrath as Ralph Kramden, Michael Mastro as Ed Norton and Leslie Kritzer as Alice Kramden. Bell Bundy appeared in the lead role of"
"shows and workshops and appearing in festivals as far afield as Elisnore Castle, the Wiesbaden Summer Improv Festival and the Improvaganza festival in Edmonton, Canada, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe; and returning several times to Shakespeare's Globe. In 2007, the work on singing in various styles of music that Campbell developed also led two of the members of the School of Night—Adam Meggido and Dylan Emery—to develop an improvised musical. The resulting show, which while not directed by Campbell, was enormously influenced by him, became ""Showstopper! The Improvised Musical"". Its first run in Edinburgh was in 2008; it returned in subsequent"
"All About Us (musical) All About Us is a musical with a book by Joseph Stein, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and music by John Kander. The musical has been produced in regional theatres but not in New York City. Based on Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic comedy ""The Skin of Our Teeth"", the prehistoric Antrobus family and their maid deal with life's trials and tribulations, including the Ice Age, a great flood, and a devastating war as they traverse the centuries in a testament to human will and resilience. Mr. Antrobus, head of the First Family of Man, his wife"
"by John Kander, Fred Ebb and Terrence McNally. The musical opened at the Lyceum Theatre on March 26, 2015 and closed on June 14, 2015. Co-starring Roger Rees, the production was directed by John Doyle and choreographed by Graciela Daniele. Rivera received praise for her performance, and was nominated for a Tony Award, Best Performance By a Leading Actress in a Musical. Rivera has been nominated for the Tony Award ten times, as either Best Featured Actress in a Musical or Best Actress in a Musical. This is the current record for the most individual Tony Award nominations, which she"
"in history and becoming one of the few musicals to win in every category for which it was nominated – it received two nominations for leading actor and three for featured actor. Its record for most nominations was tied in 2009 by ""Billy Elliot the Musical"" and broken in 2016 when ""Hamilton"" received 16 nominations, but its record number of wins still stands, as of 2018. ""Hamilton"" is second, with 11 wins. The Producers (musical) The Producers is a musical adapted by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan from Brooks's 1967 film of the same name, with lyrics written by Brooks"
"a production directed by Michael Grandage, running for 71 performances following eight previews. The cast was led by Julian Ovenden as Frank, Samantha Spiro as Mary and Daniel Evans as Charley. Spiro and Evans received Olivier Awards for their performances, and the production received the Olivier for Best Musical. Maria Friedman directed a revival of the musical at London's Menier Chocolate Factory, which opened on 28 November 2012 and transferred to the Harold Pinter Theatre in the West End on 1 May 2013. The principals in this production were Mark Umbers, Jenna Russell and Damian Humbley. The revival won the"
"based on the film ""The Band's Visit"", with the book by Itamar Moses and music and lyrics by David Yazbek. The musical opened at the Off-Broadway Linda Gross Theater, produced by the Atlantic Theatre Company, on November 11, 2016, closing on December 23, 2016. It subsequently re-opened for a Broadway production at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on November 9, 2017, with Cariani continuing in the cast. As a playwright, Cariani is best known for his first play, ""Almost, Maine"" which premiered at the Portland Stage Company in 2004 and became the company's most successful production to date garnering critical acclaim"
"Criticism was also drawn to the decision to cast adults as the Golden Ticket winners instead of children, as well as the lackluster sets redesigned for Broadway. However, Christian Borle received widespread praise for his performance as Willy Wonka, even amongst negativity towards other aspects of the show. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (musical) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a stage musical based on the 1964 children's novel of the same name by Roald Dahl, with book by David Greig, music by Marc Shaiman and lyrics by Shaiman and Scott Wittman. The musical premiered in London's West End at"
"British comic actor Matt Lucas, Mike McShane, Channel 4 newscaster John Snow, Nicolas Parsons, Jim Bowen, radical vicar and peacemaker Donald Reeves, actor and singer Keith Jack, a cappella group The Magnets and others. It has been honoured with several industry awards including the Mervyn Stutter Spirit of the Fringe Award and in 2016 won the Olivier Award for best entertainment and family show. The theatre troupe responsible for Showstopper! The Improvised Musical is called The Showstoppers (www.theshowstoppers.org). They also have a children's show called The Showstoppers' Kids' Show. The show was created by Adam Meggido and Dylan Emery with"